The leader of Mexico's La Luz del Mundo megachurch, Naason Joaquin Garcia, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for sexually abusing three girls.
Apple confirmed that it will launch an image scan software that will analyze photos stored in a user's iCloud Photos account to detect images of child sexual abuse.
Pope Francis delivered a strongly worded speech on Friday in which he addressed the sexual abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic church and asked for the public's forgiveness.
Child predators are now increasingly becoming prey themselves -- to child abuse investigators on the hunt, hoping to eradicate horrendous crimes inflicted on innocent children that not only happen in person, but via webcam or live-stream around the world.Last week, a joint investigation, code-named Operation Endeavor, conducted by Britain's National Crime Agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Australian Federal Police busted an international pedophile ring that live-streamed child sexual abuse for payment from the Philippines. Last year, a human-like, Filipina avatar also helped capture 1,000 child predators from 65 countries in a massive online sting.
Britain's National Crime Agency in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Australian Federal Police headed an investigation -codenamed Operation Endeavor- which led to the dismantling of an organized crime group that was responsible for live-streaming child sexual abuse for payment from the Philippines -reaching viewers worldwide.
Archbishop and Papal Nuncio Jozef Wesolowski is the latest member of the Catholic faith to face allegations of child sexual abuse. Dominican Republic prosecutors investigating the former man of the cloth have concluded that he sexually abused at least five boys under the age of 15. Santo Domingo, the country's capital city, is where allegations first aired on a local program, stating that Wesolowski paid to have sex with minor boys.
